Palate
['pælət]
解释:
(noun.) the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.
整理:希欧多尔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The roof of the mouth.
(n.) Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.
(n.) Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste.
(n.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
(v. t.) To perceive by the taste.
整理:罗拉
同义词及近义词：
n. Roof of the mouth.
希尔达整理
解释:
n. the roof of the mouth consisting of two portions the hard palate in front and the soft palate behind: taste: relish: mental liking.—v.t. to taste.—adj. Pal′atable agreeable to the palate or taste: savoury.—n. Pal′atableness the quality of being agreeable to the taste.—adv. Pal′atably.—adj. Pal′atal pertaining to the palate: uttered by aid of the palate—also Pal′atine.—n. a letter pronounced chiefly by aid of the palate as k g e i.—v.t. Pal′atalise to make palatal.—adj. Palat′ic.—Cleft palate a congenital defect of the palate leaving a longitudinal fissure in the roof of the mouth.
埃斯特尔校对
例句:
- Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendoes. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I could have pledged him with all my soul, said Athelstane, for my tongue cleaves to my palate. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- If it be perceived by the eyes, it must be a colour; if by the ears, a sound; if by the palate, a taste; and so of the other senses. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- They arise from the palate, and are attached by flexible membrane to the sides of the mandible. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The palate is also covered with hard rounded knobs. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The very first scene in Coriolanus came with smart relish to his intellectual palate, and still as he read he warmed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- One is to utilize excitement, shock of pleasure, tickling the palate. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Imagine his amazement to find clinging to his fingers a substance most luscious to the taste, and most gratifying to the palate! 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
校对:佩德罗